Nonprofits, businesses and families teamed up for a rally in support of people living in or seeking recovery from drug addiction.

Nonprofits, businesses and families teamed up for a rally in support of people living in or seeking recovery from drug addiction.

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Updated: 1:34 AM EDT Sep 27, 2015

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WEBVTT MASS AT THE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES. HE DEPARTS FOR ROMANCE 8:00. FROM THE FAMILIES TOUCHED BY DRUG ADDICTION TO THOSE IN LIFE-LONG RECOVERY THE CONCORD COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO RALLY FOR RECOVERY. ORGANIZERS SAY THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S WE BELIEVE IN RECOVERY RALLY IS TO SHOW ADDICTS THAT THEY AREN'T ALONE, AND HELP IS HERE. ADDICTION IS A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM. THERE IS A SOLUTION, RECOVERY. HEROIN KILLS, BUT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE. THEY HELD A RALLY SATURDAY MORNING AT WHITE PARK. TOM HAS NOT TOUCHED DRUGS OR ALCOHOL SINCE 2003. HE WANTS TO GIVE ADDICTS THE COURAGE THEY NEED. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE IN RECOVERY. THEIR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD. THERE WAS COMMUNITY -- THERE WAS ART AND MUSIC. ONE DAY CAN ADD UP TO 38 YEARS. YOU NEVER HAVE TO PICK UP A DRUG EVER AGAIN. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS FACING A DRUG ABUSE CRISIS. 300 PEOPLE DIED FROM OVERDOSES IN 2014. IT MAKES ME CRY. IT MAKES ME SAD. I WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. SHE SAYS THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES AT THE EVENT AND AT ADDICTS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS FOR PEOPLE BATTLING DRUG ADDICTION. YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAID I'M HURTING TODAY AND I NEED HELP AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU HELP WILL BE THERE. CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS ALSO AT THE EVENT. HE SPOKE ABOUT THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC. AND THE WAY TO CURE IT. CHRIS CHRISTIE: WE'VE GOT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT DRUG AND NOW KOHALA DICTION IS A DISEASE.

Hope For Recovery shows drug addicts they aren't alone

Nonprofits, businesses and families teamed up for a rally in support of people living in or seeking recovery from drug addiction.